Farm-gate



(Modem H. L. GANUTT.

Farm Gate. No. 242,880. Patented June 14,1881.

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I HARRY L. UANUTT, on DUBLIN, INDIANA.

FARM- GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,880, dated June 14,1881.

7 Application filed February 2,1881. (Model) .To all whom it magconcern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. CANUTT, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Dublin, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates 5 and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of swin ging gates which openautomatically; and it consists in the construct-ion and arrangement ofthe several parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a gate havingmyirnprovements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan of the lower hinge andthe automatic levers; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views ofpartsslightly enlarged, in order' to show the parts more clearly.

A is the hinging-post; B,the shutting-post; and O is the gateconstructed with a rear vertical end or hinging-bar, D. The upperportion of the gate 0 is supported by a hook-andeye hinge. One portion,a, of this hinge is fixed on the front face or side of thebar D. Thehingebar or strap a, which comprises the other part of the hook-and-eyehinge, is made L-shaped, so that its outer end, 01?, may be connected tothe hook a, and its other end, a carried back alongside the bar D to thepost A, to which it is fastened. This construction and arrangementplacesthe gate-bar D between the outer wing, a of the L-shaped bar a andthe post A. When the gate is closed the bar D turns in close to the postA, so as to leave but a very slight open space. WVhen the gate is openedthe bar D swings around to the end of and in line with the wing a andthis relative position of parts prevents any saggingof the latch end ofthe gate. The lower end of the gatebar D is supported on asliding block,1), arranged so that it may be moved to and fro parallel, or nearlyparallel, with the roadway. This block could be held between twoparallel sills or bars having guideways' for its edges to rest in. Iprefer to employ the method shown. have two parallel guide-rods, b I),put through holes in the ends of the blocks. The ends of the guide-rodsare tixedin framing-pieces 11 11 The rods 1) could be arranged parallelwith the roadway, and by moving the bar I) along them the gate would bethrown open or shut, as desired, but the latch end of the gate would notswing so truly as when the rods are set as shown. The rods, as shown,are inclined outward from the post and to that side of the gate oppositeto the side on which the h'ingebar a is arranged. This outwardinclination will throw the bar I) sufficiently toward the post B to liftthe latch ofrom the catch 0, so that the gate can swing automaticallyopen. When the gate is open and the barbis drawn to the ends of the rodsnearest the post A, the latch end of the gate will be raised from itsfastening c and will swing automatically shut. The bar D is fastened tothe block I) by any suitable means. I employ a pin, d, fixed on thecorner of bar D and putinto a suitable hole, D in the block 1). Puttingthe pin 61 on the inner angle of the bar D, next the side to which thegate opens, causes the gate to swing more readily open or shut when theblock b is moved.

The pin d, as will be seen, is placed eccentrically to the verticalcenter, or on the inner angle or corner of the bar D, nextto the gate(J, and on that side toward which. the gate swings. The upper pin orhook, to, is placed at the middle of the front side of the bar D.

This arrangement of the two hinge'pins causes the'gate to turn quickerthan it would do if the pin cl were placed at the center of the underend of bar D.

The gate maybe operated by any of the wellknown mechanisms-ms, forexample, the crank and rod 0 6. By turning-the crank cthe block is movedto and fro on its bearings, and the gate will be opened or closed. Thesliding block b will operate the gate with any ordinary hinge employedfor the top; but ll prefer to use the peculiarly-constructedhook-and-eye hinge shown and described hereinbefore.

1 have shown two guide-rods, 11, because better results are therebysecured but a single rod properly arranged will hold the block so thatthe latter can be moved to and fro.

It will be seen that the gate 0 is connected to the post A by the upperhinge only. The lower edge of the gate is supported on the block b, andis wholly disconnected from the post, except by the small framing-pieceswhich are employed to hold the guides b b. These framing-pieces restonthe ground, and are thus supported from below, so that they exert noforce on the gate-post. By this arrangement the weight of the gate isalmostwholly taken off the post, so that the liability of the latter tobe drawn out of a vertical position is almost wholly obviated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the gate 0, having a pintle, a, on the innerside of and near the upper end of its rear post, and a pintle, d, fiXedon the inner front corner of said post and projecting downward, of the-shaped hinge to, having one end fixed to the post A and its other endcarried in front ofthe rear post, D, and connected to the pintle a, andthe sliding hinge-block 1), receiving the eccentric pintle d, andsupporting the gate, substantially as set forth.

2.'The combination, with agate having its rear post provided on theinner side with a pintle, a, of the L-shaped hinge having its outer endarranged in front of the rear gatebar and its opposite end carried toand fixed to the gate-post, so that the gate-bar, when the gate isclosed, stands between the outer wing of the hinge and the gate-post, inorder to make the gate lit up to post and keep latch end from saggingwhen open, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY L. OANUTT.

Witnesses WILL Soorr'r, INDIA HUGHES.

